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Team of U Chemical Engineering Students Create Hydrogen-Powered Chem-E-Car

Team of U Chemical Engineering Students Create Hydrogen-Powered Chem-E-Car

November 17, 2015

If you give a group of chemical engineers hydrogen, they could probably make you a car. At least, that is what some chemical engineering students did at the Chem-E-Car competition last week. Thirty-four...

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute Receives Top 25 Business School Ranking

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute Receives Top 25 Business School Ranking

November 17, 2015

The U’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute ranked in the top 25 business schools across the nation by the Princeton Review. The Lassonde Institute and the David Eccles School of Business rose on the ranking...

True Gentleman CEO Trapper Rodderick at the True Gentleman Gala in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015.

U Student’s Haberdashery Business Partners With YWCA To Promote Women’s Empowerment

November 16, 2015

At first glance, a men's clothing dealer and the YWCA of Utah may not seem to go together. U student Trapper Roderick, a haberdasher, insists that they do. Roderick's new business, True Gentleman, makes...

Two U Students in France Safe and Accounted for Following Attacks

Two U Students in France Safe and Accounted for Following Attacks

By Courtney Tanner November 15, 2015

Two U students studying abroad in France this semester were not harmed by the terrorist attacks in the country’s capital Friday night. Drew Rouse, interning through the Hinckley Institute of Politics,...

The University of Utah Alumni Association is hosting a food drive throughout the month of November.

U Food Drive Unites the Community Against Hunger

November 12, 2015

The U is partnering with the Utah Food Bank for the 22nd annual "United Against Hunger" food drive. Throughout November, the Alumni Association, Student Alumni Board and the MUSS Board will gather canned...

Huntsman Cancer Institute Plans to Install Labyrinth on Patio, Calls for Design Submissions

Huntsman Cancer Institute Plans to Install Labyrinth on Patio, Calls for Design Submissions

By Beau Hart November 11, 2015

The Huntsman Cancer Institute Wellness and Integrative Health Center is planning to construct a labyrinth on the patient patio terrace, and it is taking ideas from anyone in the U community. Shelley White,...

Money, Money, Money: the U’s Lobbying Efforts in Washington D.C.

By Kylee Ehmann July 30, 2015

It’s no secret that money has a large sway in politics, especially on the national level. Students may be surprised, though, to learn that the U participates in the process. In 2014, the U spent $350,000...

Finding the "Sweet Spot" for Marriage

Finding the “Sweet Spot” for Marriage

By Cynthia Luu July 28, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] If you don’t want your marriage to end in divorce, you might want to reconsider how old you are when you tie the knot. But what is the right age? It’s a been...

U Chamber Choir Wins International Competition in Europe

By Kylee Ehmann July 28, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Competing in an international collegiate singing competition wasn’t just the plot of this summer's "Pitch Perfect 2" -- the U’s Chamber Choir also brought home...

Utah Fights Chronic Homelessness with Housing Programs

July 23, 2015

What’s the best way to end homelessness? Give them housing. That's the way Utah is helping homeless individuals in a program called Housing First. This ten-year state plan was implemented in 2005 and...